Google Transliterate has been available for a while, but what’s nice is that it now supports Sinhalese too. Check it out: http://www.google.com/transliterate/sinhalese If you type “Roshan”, it’ll transcribe exactly as it should. My surname is a bit trickier so you can’t type it as it’s normally written in English but you instead have to type… Read more »
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Sri Lanka on Google Maps
The latest addition on Google Maps: Tiles for Sri Lanka, with the ability to search for any address. View Larger Map
The day the internet broke?
That’s it – today is the day the internet broke! People started realising something was wrong with Google when almost every search result had the accompanying text “This site may harm your computer”. Clicking on any result led to a page warning the user that the page they wanted to visit was very likely a… Read more »
Find linked sites bookmarklet
It’s difficult to identify a single page or site on the Net as being yours. Sure, you may have your own blog or even a completely independent website, but with sites like Del.icio.us, Flickr, FriendFeed and your profiles on all these pages, you’re bound to have at least a half dozen other pages that are… Read more »
The day after the April 1st ‘Business as Usual’ day
This is yesterday’s “Business as Usual” picture: And here for comparison is a similar group photo of today, where people are a bit more “normal” than yesterday’s picture: (Note that the dog who was wearing a tie yesterday is also in a far more relaxed state in her T-shirt)
April Fool’s Day at Google Zurich
We’d already been advised to make sure to dress appropriately (in a suit), and been constantly reminded to bring our wallets. Here’s a picture documentary of what awaited us. In short, there was no more free food or drink, the pinball machines require you to put coins in (*gasp!*), and the Wii and XBox have… Read more »
Pictures from the new Google Zurich office
Since over a year, we've been doing a continual move from the old building to the new. Following completion of the redecoration and fitting of the first half of the building, I've also been at the new building. At the end of January, work on the rest of the building was completed and we're now… Read more »
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